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"find box" of the help pages viewer does not work

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Description

Describe the bug

The "find box" of the help pages viewer does not work.

To Reproduce

  1. Open a help page, e.g. ?table
  2. Press CTRL + F to open the "find box"
  3. Type a word that exists on the page, e.g. table
  4. Occurences of the word are not highlighted and nothing happens when pressing the arrow buttons

Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)

No

Expected behavior

Occurences of the word should be highlighted

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Windows
  • VSCode Version: VSCodium 1.106.37943
  • R Version: 4.4.0
  • vscode-R version: 2.8.6

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in the help pages viewer and reproduce the issue with ?table by opening the find box and searching for table. Trace the viewer's find-box handling; done means matching occurrences are highlighted and the arrow buttons navigate between them.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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